Born in Watford and raised on music, Graham Robins has been making music since the 60s without ever really registering on the national radar, although, as a member of London outfit the Soul Survivors, he did have some minor success in 1993 with a cover of Whooly Bully featuring Vinnie Jones, for which he wrote the B-side, Crazy Games. He also enjoyed a degree of success on the theatre front, writing a musical and a couple of plays, one of which was serialized on regional BBC radio. 1998 also saw the release of his solo debut album, Spirit Within, on the Luton-based 33 Records for whom he still records, followed, in 2006, by the stripped down acoustic Roll Back the Years.